Weather Records on 30 August 2017

924 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2017. Highest significance: Beaumont City, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 2017

On 30 August 2017, 924 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 301 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 853 daily.
Beaumont City set an all-time record daily precipitation of 368.3 mm (14.5 in) on 30 August 2017.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

924 stations

924 station records on 30 August 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	368.3 mm (14.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	393.7 mm (15.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	463.6 mm (18.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Malexander	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schiphol	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Town Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soderkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gustorp_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rotterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kavsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

924 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 30 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 64, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

742 broken records

Margins by which the 742 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 194.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2017

Top 20 records on 30 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2017	Beaumont City, US	all-time rain	368.3 mm (14.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	94 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2017	Kirkalocka, AU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Kountze, US	all-time rain	393.7 mm (15.5 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	22 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Orange 9 N, US	all-time rain	463.6 mm (18.3 in)	194.4 mm (7.7 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	115 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Ramsjoholm, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Torrevieja, ES	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Malexander, SE	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Huskvarna, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2017	Kaneohe 838.1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	monthly rain	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Jasper, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Schiphol, NL	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Liberty, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Town Bluff Dam, US	monthly rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Alicante, ES	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2017	Kii-Kahuku 911, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1806 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2017. 2017 had 924 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	716
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1